"This is not your normal educational conference,” said National COSH’s Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, kicking off the 2016 National Conference on Worker Safety and Health last week at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute (CCMIT), just outside of Baltimore. “We're planning for action."

Marking the anniversary of the signing of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970, Workers' Memorial Week is a time of action for workers’ centers, unions, community groups, health and safety advocates, and the families of victims, campaigning together for safer workplaces.

Safety experts from the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health said today that new federal limits on exposure to deadly silica dust will save hundreds of lives every year and make workplaces safer for millions of workers.

On January 14, over sixty health and safety activists from around the country participated in National COSH’s first Webinar on Worker Fatalities. A recording of this webinar, invaluable to any groups or individuals interested in the latest resources to address the tragedy of on-the-job deaths, is now available to you here.

As Americans from coast-to-coast prepare for Thanksgiving, worker advocates are calling on CEOs of America’s largest poultry companies to raise wages, improve safety conditions and guarantee fair treatment for workers who help feed millions of American families.

On Thursday, November 19th, three advocacy organizations – Interfaith Worker Justice, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) and the Western North Carolina Workers Center – released copies of letters to:

Got any milk lately? These days, a gallon will set you back about $3.89, or 40 percent higher than it was 25 years ago. Other common consumer goods – a postage stamp, a gallon of gas, a dozen eggs – have seen even steeper price increases, nearly or more than doubling in cost since 1990.